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Originally Posted by Azure
I remember this stupidity during the Harper years. All the boogyman stuff never materialized, and many of the issues around abortion are still lurking to this day despite Harper being long gone.
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You say this like Harper was the source. Harper had a cabinet and PMO that kept that element in check, much to the displeasure of the party base.
Scheer got the leadership in part because he was willing to 'give a voice back to the grassroots' of the party, which were the same people they fought so hard to muzzle and relegate to the backbenches. Guys like Brad Trost who managed to finish fourth in that leadership election ahead of some prominent party members who had held cabinet positions. Follow it up with anti-abortion organizations propelling Leslyn Lewis to being a prominent party member. Also throw in an interim leader who is openly anti-abortion and voted in favor of an anti-abortion bill in 2021.
So if you're wondering why there's still the specter of abortion still haunts the CPC, it's because abortion is still a very important topic to a not-insignificant number of members of the CPC.